Telephone-mouthpiece with antiseptic attachment.



T. DUQUETTB, s11. TELEPHONE MOUTHPIEGE WITH ANTISEPTIGATTAGHMENT. Y

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.Z7, 1913.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

vwwwo'a THOM'HQ Du 'F attomus THOMAS nt ou'n'r'rn, SEQ, or von'rn enosvnnon' DAIiE, CONNECTICUT.

T (ZZZ wit 0m; itimag concern Be it known that I, .THDMAS I I 'Sr.,a citizen of thehU'nitedStates, residing at North .Grosvenor Dale, in the'c'ounty of Windham and State ofC onnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Telephone-Mouthpieces with Antiseptic Attachments, of which the following, {is a specification, reference being had" to the accompanyingdrawings, v

This IIIVBnlJlDH relates to certain mprove ments in telephone mouth pieces with-antieffectually prevent the'i'ngress of dust or} 1 tlms're'nder-the same thorough-lysanitary.

. .septic attachments, and. the object of Ithe-in vention is to provide a device of this general character having means of a novel and .im'

proved character capable of operation to germs to the interior of the mouthpiece and The invention consists in the; details construction andin t-llGEAZOIIlbHlfllZlOII and aruangement of the several partswhereby cer -r tain important' advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler less -expensive and other wlsemore convenient andad vantageous for use, all as will'be-hereinafter ,more fully set forth;-

, The novel features.of the invention will I be carefully defined-in theappended claims;

- broken awayof an antisepticattachment cone structed in accordance withmy invent-ion in In order that my-invention may be the better understood, l will'now proceed to de;

*scribethe same with reference to the ac-.

'con panymg drawings, whrein Figure l'is a viewin-elevat1 n with a part applied position on a telephone mouthpiece;

I v with a laterally'directed annularfiange 2 on Fig. 2 is a view 'in frontelevationof the de vice as shown inFigi' 1; Fig.3 is a sectional AG view taken verticallythrough the 'deviceas shown in Figl-l; Fig.4 is a view in detailof the ring member herein disclosedadaptedi to engage the mouthpiece; Fig. 5 is .a trans verse sectional view taken through Fig.3;

Fig. 6' is a sideiview, of-the-deviceshown'in Fig. 4;- and Fig. -7 is a sectional view. of the.

device as herein: set 'forth. with the Icap or closure member adjusted into an iopen'po s-ition. 4 i

As disclosed in tl1e accompanying drawings,1 denotes a mouth pleee of any ordinary or preferred construction provided which is adapted to be sprung the annular member or ring flattened material. preferably metal.

' g Specification of Letters Patent.

adjustment andcthat such latch willauto- .maticallyserve to create the properfaction to 'mamtain the cap'i-n' such closed position.

) produced from suitable rminrnonn-moo'rrrmon ITH nnf'risnrr clnmnominn'r.

Hingedly connectedwith'the ring 3, as at I Patented Ja1 1.;6,19 14. i p imid fiiee September 27,1913. Serial No. 792,170.1'

4', is the cap member 5 Whichforms a closure I for the mouth piece and is provided with a chamber 6 in which the disinfectant is adapted to be maintained. This cap member 5 when adjusted into closed position is adaptedto have its flange 7 overlap the annula-r member'or ring 8 whereby it will be readily observed that themouth piece is effectually guarded 'against the ingress of dust or germs-when the device is notin' use, it

being obvious that whenthe.transmitter is to be'nsed-the-cap; is adjusted into an op'e position. i 1

To maintain the. cap 5 ,in'its closed posi- -ti'on I have depending at a; predetermined point on the flang 7" 0i such :cap' 5 the opening 9 ads pted toaccommodate the outpressedfrom theannular-member or ring 3 spring latch 8 having produced therein an i p '75 wardly directedindentation or'piojectionlO jvtrhereby itwill -be clearly apparent that the cap Irwin be erect-many held' in itsclosed" In applying:thedisinfectantor germicide; v

jIprefer jto employ anfirabsorbent body "11- such as a; sponge which isfadap ted to be in-v to I i be .maintained ;therein through the medium of the porous body 12 preferably" cloth} which has its ,marginal portions v and a secondanniilar member or ring.13,in'-

s'er'tibie within the cap 7 5 and adapted bear: tightly against thefliinge whereby it. will be clearly apparentthat proper 'clam'p-f-- ing action is created to maintain the porous body or cloth-against cl-isplace'ment' i It; is to. be observed that by havingthe ring -3 in engagement with, the annular flange 2 provided on the mouth piece that the direction in which the capj or closure 5- provements, it is "thought to 'be obvious that a telephone mouth "piece with an antiseptic attachment -constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensiveunature and is particularly-well adapted for use by reason .of the convenlence and facility with which the at serted. withimthe chamb erb of the capfi and member and retained therein and it Willals'o 'material departure 'from the princi les and "spirit thereof and for this reason a cover hingedly connected with the annular member and prov ded with an annularflange,

attachment may be applied to the mouth piece and of the convenience and readiness with which the antiseptic solution may be placed in proper position within the closure be obvious that my invention is susce tible of some change and modification withoutdo not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described including an annular member adapted to be sprung upon themouth piece of a telephone,

adapted to overlap such member, such flange affording'alchamber in the cap, anabsorbent body adapted to bepositioned {Within the chamber, and porous means for maintaining the absorbent body against displacement 2. A device of thecharacter described in-' cluding an annular member adapted to be sprung upon the mouth piece of a telephonr a cover hingedly connected with the annular member and provided with an annular flange adapted to overlap such member, such flange affording a chamber in the cap, an' adapted to be posit1onedabsorbent body within the chamber, a porous body extended; across the chamber, and a ring ins ertible within the flange of the cap and adapted to on age the marginal portions of the porous body for holdlng such body in operative position.-

3. In combination, a telephone mouth piece provided with an annular flange, an ann'ular'member adapted to he s rungupon the flange of .the mouth piece ancapable of movement thercaround', a cover hingedly connected with the annular member and provided witi an annular flange adaptedto overlap such member, such flange afi'ording 'a chamber in the cap, an absorbent body Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eaten,

. Washington, D. G. 

